Program of the 6th Annual Conference on

The Political Economy of International Organizations

February 7 – 9, 2013

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

7:30pm Dinner
(Location: Onyx, Friedrichsplatz 12, Mannheim, map)

Thursday, February 7, 2013

8:45-9:00am Opening remarks
(Location: University of Mannheim, Gartensaal (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

9:00-10:45am Session 1: Treaties and Secretariats
(Location: University of Mannheim, Gartensaal (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Thomas König

• Paper 1: Patrick Bayer (University of Mannheim), Why Do Democracies Exit International Agreements? The Role of Information in International Cooperation on Climate Change. Discussion openers: Matthew Gould, Axel Michaelowa
• Paper 2: Tana Johnson (Duke University), Rachel Brewster (Duke University), Information Revelation and Structural Supremacy: Explaining the International Trade Regime’s Perceived Hostility to Environmental Policy. Discussion openers: Jeff Colgan, Robert Gampfer
• Paper 3: Axel Michaelowa (University of Zurich, CIS), Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich, CIS), Bureaucratic influence when secretariats grow: The example of the UNFCCC. Discussion openers: Carsten Hefeker, Tana Johnson

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 2: IMF
(Location: University of Mannheim, Gartensaal (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Katharina Michaelowa

• Paper 1: Stephanie J. Rickard (London School of Economics and Political Science), Teri Caraway (University of Minnesota), International Negotiations in the Shadow of National Elections. Discussion openers: Liam Clegg, Peter Egger
• Paper 2: Silvia Marchesi (Università di Milano Bicocca), Laura Sabani (Università di Firenze), Does it Take Two to Tango? How to Improve Cooperation Between the IMF and the World Bank. Discussion openers: Stephen Knack, Audrey Menard
• Paper 3: Aurore Gary (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne), Political Instability and the Interventions of IMF and the World Bank in Non-democratic Regimes. Discussion openers: Martin Gassebner, Lodewijk Smets

1:00-2:30pm Lunch

2:30-3:45pm Session 3: European Union
(Location: University of Mannheim, Gartensaal (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Randall Stone

• Paper 1: Yannis Karagiannis (IBEI), Nikitas Konstantinidis (London School of Economics and Political Science), Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Incentives for Reform: An Informational Mechanism of EU Conditionality. Discussion openers: Federica Genovese, Thomas König
• Paper 2: Barbara Dluhosch (Helmut Schmidt University), Daniel Horgos (Helmut Schmidt University), Klaus W. Zimmermann (Helmut Schmidt University). EU Enlargement and Satisfaction with Democracy: A Peculiar Case of Immizerising Growth. Discussion openers: Hamza Bennani, Sebastian Köhler

3:45-4:15am Break

4:15-5:30pm Session 4: Alliances
(Location: University of Mannheim, Gartensaal (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Jan-Egbert Sturm

• Paper 1: Thomas Plümper (University of Essex), Eric Neumayer (London School of Economics and Political Science), Free-Riding in Alliances. Testing an Old Theory with a New Method. Discussion openers: Thomas Bernauer, Tobias Böhmelt
• Paper 2: Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), Mark S. Manger (University of Toronto), Hubs of Governance: Higher-order Effects of PTA Formation. Discussion openers: Marcelo Olareaga, Lorenzo Rotunno

6:30pm: Bus Tour from Conference to Dinner
(Location: Weinhaus Henninger, Weinstrasse 93, 67169 Kallstadt)

Friday, February 8, 2013

8:00am: Bus Tour from Hotel Maritim to Heidelberg

9:00-10:45am Session 5: Treaties and Courts
(Location: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Hauptstrasse 120, Heidelberg)

Chair: Daniel Finke

• Paper 1: Carsten Hefeker (University of Siegen), Michael Neugart (TU Darmstadt), Policy Deviations, Uncertainty, and the European Court of Justice. Discussion openers: Thomas Hale, Nikitas Konstantinidis
• Paper 2: Tobias Hofmann (National University of Singapore), Soo Yeon Kim (National University of Singapore), Does Trade Comply? The Economic Effect(ivenes)s of WTO Dispute Settlement.  Discussion openers: Mostafa Beshkar, Katja Rost
• Paper 3: Christophe Crombez (University of Leuven and Stanford University), Bjørn Høyland (University of Oslo), The Budgetary Procedure in the European Union and the Implications of the Treaty of Lisbon. Discussion openers: Daniel Finke, Jan-Egbert Sturm

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 6: The Political Economy of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
(Location: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Hauptstrasse 120, Heidelberg)

Chair: Marcelo Olareaga

• Paper 1: Erik van der Marel (London School of Economics and Political Science), Sébastien Miroudot (OECD), The Economics and Political Economy of Going beyond the GATS. Discussion openers: Kristy Buzard, Michal Parízek
• Paper 2: Simon Evenett (University of St. Gallen), The Doha Round Impasse and Its Potential Resolution: A Straightforward Graphical Account. Discussion openers: Tobias Hofmann, Patricia Wruuck
• Paper 3: Johannes Karreth (University of Colorado Boulder), Explaining Concessions in GATT/WTO Trade Disputes: The Role of Institutional Environments. Discussion openers: Dany Jaimovich, Mark S. Manger

1:00-2:30pm Lunch
(Location: Zum Güldenen Schaf, Hauptstrasse 115, Heidelberg)

2:30-4:15pm Session 7: World Bank
(Location: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Hauptstrasse 120, Heidelberg)

Chair: Helen Milner

• Paper 1: Cesi Cruz (University of California, San Diego), Philip Keefer (World Bank), Programmatic Parties and the Politics of Bureaucratic Reform. Discussion openers: Kai Gehring, Christopher Kilby
• Paper 2: Patrick Bayer (University of Mannheim), Christopher Marcoux (De Pauw University), Johannes Urpelainen (Columbia University), Choosing International Organizations: When Do States Collaborate with the World Bank on Environmental Projects? Discussion opener: Katharina Michaelowa
• Paper 3: Cesi Cruz (University of California, San Diego), Christina J. Schneider (University of California, San Diego), The (Unintended) Electoral Effects of Foreign Aid Projects. Discussion openers: Bernhard Reinsberg, Axel Dreher

4:15-6:00pm Poster Session with Cocktails
(Location: Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Hauptstrasse 120, Heidelberg)

EU & ECB

• Paper 1: Hamza Bennani (Université Lille1), National Influences Inside the ECB: An Assessment from Central Bankers’ Statements. Discussants: Michael Neugart, Jan-Egbert Sturm
• Paper 2: Sebastian Köhler (University of Mannheim), Thomas König (University of Mannheim), The Euro Zone, Public Debt and the Development in the Member States. Discussants: Carsten Hefeker, Phillip Y. Lipscy
• Paper 3: Gerald Schneider (Konstanz University), Federica Genovese (Konstanz University), Smoke with Fire: Financial Crises, Institutional Reform, and the Future of EU Democracy. Discussants: Christophe Crombez, Daniel Finke
• Paper 4: Thomas König (University of Mannheim), Negative Preference Interdependence, Continuous Concessions and the Division of Reform Gains. Making the Lisbon Treaty Work. Discussants: Christophe Crombez, Nikitas Konstantinidis

Multilateral Aid Organizations

• Paper 5: Liam Clegg (University of York), Social Spending Targets at the IMF: Hierarchical Bureaucracy and Rapid Operational Change in Global Economic Governance. Discussants: Stephanie J. Rickard, Byungwon Woo
• Paper 6: Lodewijk Smets (University of Antwerp), Stephen Knack (World Bank), Nadia Molenaers (University of Antwerp), Political Ideology, Quality at Entry and the Success of Economic Reform Programs. Discussants: Aurore Gary, Daniel L. Nielson
• Paper 7: Christopher Kilby (Villanova University), Assessing the Contribution of Donor Agencies to Aid Effectiveness: The Impact of World Bank Preparation on Project Outcomes. Discussants: Philip Keefer, Christina J. Schneider
• Paper 8: Audrey Menard (University of Strasbourg), Do National Resources Condition the Aid-Governance Relationship? Evidence from Africa. Discussants: Bernhard Reinsberg, Silvia Marchesi

Other IOs

• Paper 9: Randall Stone (University of Rochester), Informal Governance in International Organizations: Introduction to the Special Issue. Discussants: Liam Clegg, Helen Milner
• Paper 10: Gitte Grätzer (University of Zürich), Katja Rost (University of Zürich), Legitimacy of Multinational Enterprises – Testing the Assumptions of Kostova & Zaheer on the Basis of Catholic Religious Orders and their Monasteries. Discussants: Tristan Kohl, Carmela Lutmar
• Paper 11: Richard Jong-A-Pin (University of Groningen), Jan-Egbert Sturm (ETH Zurich, KOF), Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen), Using Real-Time Data to Test for Political Budget Cycles. Discussants: Daniel Horgos, Christina J. Schneider
• Paper 12: Jeff Colgan (American University), The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Limits of OPEC in the Global Oil Market. Discussants: Michael Neugart, Gabriele Spilker

United Nations

• Paper 13: Niklas Potrafke (University of Munich, Ifo), Policies Against Human Trafficking: The Role of Religion and Political Institutions. Discussants: Eric Neumayer, Simone Wegmann
• Paper 14: Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), Robert Gampfer (ETH Zurich), Aya Kachi (ETH Zurich), How Much Room for European Unilateralism in Global Climate Policy. Discussants: Patrick Bayer, Vera Eichenauer
• Paper 15: Simon Hug (Université de Genève), Dealing with Human Rights in International Organizations. Discussants: Eunbin Chung, Axel Dreher
• Paper 16: Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University), Matthew Gould (University of Westminster), Matthew D. Rablen (Brunel University), James R. Vreeland (Georgetown University), The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council. Discussants: Eunbin Chung, Simon Hug
• Paper 17: Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University), Vera Eichenauer (Heidelberg University), Kai Gehring (University of Goettingen), Geopolitics, Aid and Growth. Discussants: Philip Keefer, Byungwon Woo

The Political Economy of Multilateral Trade Negotiations

• Paper 18: Michal Parízek (Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies), A ‘Need to Know’: How Institutional Design Impairs Articulation of Interests in Trade Negotiations. Discussants: Johannes Karreth, Marcelo Olareaga
• Paper 19: Patricia Wruuck (University of Mannheim), A Strategic Model of Antidumping Investigations. Discussants: Tristan Kohl

Trade Areas

• Paper 20: Thomas Hale (Princeton University), The Rule of Law in the Global Economy: Explaining Intergovernmental Delegation to Private Tribunals. Discussants: Tobias Böhmelt, Soo Yeon Kim
• Paper 21: Kristy Buzard (Syracruse University), Trade Agreements, Lobbying and Separation of Powers. Discussants: Simon Evenett, Erik van der Marel
• Paper 22: Lorenzo Rotunno (Université de Genève), Political Stability and Trade Agreements: Evidence for ‘End-game FTAs’. Discussants: Johannes Karreth, Mark S. Manger
• Paper 23: Katerina Gradeva (Goethe University Frankfurt), Dany Jaimovich (Goethe University Frankfurt), Multilateral Determinants of Regionalism Revisited. Discussants: Stephen Chaudoin, Phillip Y. Lipscy

6:30pm: Dinner
(Location: Kulturbrauerei Heidelberg, Leyergasse 6, Heidelberg)

22.45pm: Bus to Hotel Maritim, Mannheim (map)

Saturday, February 9, 2013

9:00-10:45am Session 8: Multilateral Trade Agreements
(Location: University of Mannheim, M003 (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Stephen Knack

• Paper 1: Tristan Kohl (University of Groningen), I Just Read 296 Trade Agreements. Discussion openers: Katerina Gradeva, Alexandra Rudolph
• Paper 2: Mostafa Beshkar (University of New Hampshire), Eric Bond (Vanderbilt University), Youngwoo Rho (Vanderbilt University), Tariff Binding and Overhang: Theory and Evidence. Discussion openers: Stephen Chaudoin, Erik van der Marel
• Paper 3: Stephen Chaudoin (University of Pittsburgh), Promises or Policies? An Experimental Analysis of International Agreements and Audience Reactions. Discussion openers: Soo Yeon Kim, Daniel L. Nielson

10:45-11:15am Break

11:15-1:00pm Session 9: United Nations
(Location: University of Mannheim, M003 (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Thomas Bernauer

• Paper 1: Eunbin Chung (Ohio State University), Byungwon Woo (Oakland University), A Theory of Vote Buying at the United Nations General Assembly: Lobbying, Counteractive Lobbying, and Strategic Allocation of American Foreign Aid. Discussion openers: Matthew D. Rablen, Randall Stone
• Paper 2: Simon Hug (Université de Genève), Simone Wegmann (Université de Genève), Complying with Human Rights. Discussion openers: Eric Neumayer, Niklas Potrafke
• Paper 3: Sean M. Blaschke (UNICEF-Uganda), Peter P. Carroll (Brigham Young University), Daniela Rojas Chaves (UNICEF-Uganda), Michael G. Findley (University of Texas at Austin), Madeleine C. Gleave (Brigham Young University), Robert N. Morello (Brigham Young University), Daniel L. Nielson (Brigham Young University), Extrinsic, Intrinsic, and Social Incentives for UNICEF’s Crowdsourcing Development Information in Uganda: A Field Experiment. Discussion openers: Gitte Grätzer, Carmela Lutmar

1:00-2:30pm Lunch

2:30-4:15pm Session 10: Other IOs
(Location: University of Mannheim, M003 (in the “Mittelbau” of Mannheim’s historic castle, Bismarckstrasse 16, map)

Chair: Simon Hug

• Paper 1: Tobias Böhmelt (ETH Zurich), Gabriele Spilker (ETH Zurich), The Interaction of International Institutions from a Social Network Perspective. Discussion openers: Tana Johnson, Alexandra Rudolph
• Paper 2: Phillip Y. Lipscy (Stanford University), Outside Options and the Renegotiation of International Organizations. Discussion openers: Vera Eichenauer, Helen Milner

4.15pm: Closing Remarks

 Generous funding provided by:

University of Mannheim	Princeton University	Heidelberg University	University of Zurich